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8/22/2024, 12:09 PM SeaHorse15
9/30/2023, 3:22 PM AnaSavinonRobles

Name Minaya
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Spanish
Pronounced Pron. [mi.ˈna.ʝa]
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Meaning & History

From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".
Added 9/30/2023 by AnaSavinonRobles